Message From Margate Homeowners Association Concerning COVID 19.
The Margate Homeowners Association is stepping up. The MHA is here to help you during this time of crisis, says the org’s President Jay Weintraub. MHA provides a voice to all homeowners, whether full...
View ArticleAtlantic County Freeholders Slow To Move On COVID-19 Test Sites
When will Atlantic County get Covid-19 testing sites? What’s the hold up? County leadership lead by Mr. Denny Levinson and Mr. Frank Formica have been unable to provide an acceptable answer to that...
View ArticleMargate Operations Update and COVID-19 Resources
Attention All Margate City Residents: This is a list of all operational changes for the City of Margate and important resources during the COVID-19 situation. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Police, Fire and...
View ArticleAtlantic County Hammered for Weak COVID-19 Leadership
There’s a COVID-19 leadership vacuum in Atlantic County. That includes the Atlantic City region as well. So says WPG Radio host Harry Hurley. We agree. So do many others. This deadly fact is especially...
View ArticleVentnor COVID-19 Update: Two Local Infections Confirmed.
City of Ventnor reports that the first two, local COVID-19 cases were confirmed. Ventnor residents should be informed that the Coronavirus is in our community. ALL Ventnor residents should follow CDC,...
View ArticleMargate Homeowners Raising Funds for Front-Line, Health Care Heroes
Supporting front-line healthcare heroes. Can you help? The Margate Homeowners Association, MHA, is raising funds to purchase PPE’s. Personal Protective Equipment. Caps, isolation gowns, gloves, etc....
View ArticleVentnor Closes Boardwalk & Beaches. Atlantic City Defies Recommendation To...
Finally bowing to pressure from residents and the State of NJ, Ventnor officials will now close the Ventnor boardwalk and beach, effective noon, Thursday, April 3rd. Last week, Ventnor Mayor Beth...
View ArticleJewish Family Services Steps Up During Health & Economic Crisis
There’s never been a better time to support the Jewish Family Service Friends Campaign. Covid-19 and the shuttered economy has placed greater demand on resources, and JFS is there to help. Can you make...
View ArticleDownbeach Foodie Welcomes Pulia to Ventnor’s Restaurant Row
Authentic Italian restaurant Pulia adds to variety along Ventnor’s restaurant row. Just steps from the ocean. A few minutes from Atlantic City. Pulia. 5210 Atlantic Ave, Ventnor, NJ. Pulia was founded...
View ArticleVentnor COVID-19 Update. April 17.
Today we end our 6th week of Public Health State of Emergency in New Jersey and 4rd week of Statewide Stay at Home order. There are now 12 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ventnor. However, we believe our...
View ArticleEarth Angels For Dementia Launches Free Meals for Frontline Workers
Healthcare workers and first responders battling COVID-19 in Atlantic and Cape May Counties can claim a free meal at numerous restaurants thanks to the non-profit organization who also distributed...
View ArticleVentnor’s Dorset Ave Bridge Boater Warning
The Dorset Ave bridge in Ventnor will remain in a CLOSED TO NAVIGATION position, April 23 through June 1, midnight to 8am daily. This will help reduce exposure of bridge operators to the COVID-19...
View ArticleMargate 2020 Budget: More Ratables, Higher Expenses, No Tax Cut.
Margate Commissioners have adopted the 2020 city budget. The Margate CFO reported higher expenses and no tax-cuts for the fiscal year. Wow. Impressive. Margate gets additional $37 million in new...
View ArticleVentnor COVID-19 Update for April 24, 2020.
As of today in Ventnor, there are 17 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Many expect those numbers to rise. In Atlantic County, 551 residents have tested positive so far. 29 have died. 108 have been cleared as...
View ArticleDownbeach Residents Endure Another Raw Sewage Leak from Atlantic City
Waters surrounding Margate, Ventnor and Longport are being contaminated by yet another raw sewage leak at Bader Field in Atlantic City. Officials still trying to stop the dangerous leak. A bypass...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Spawns Hateful Behavior Throughout Downbeach & Jersey Shore
From Margate resident, Jay Weintraub. I wanted to address the terribly sad matter regarding an elderly couple and their automobile which was vandalized. The perpetrators of this crime are not yet...
View ArticleHow Atlantic City Screws Ventnor in High School Tuition Deal
Michele Masterman is leading a group of Ventnor taxpayers who want to change the insane tuition deal between Ventnor and the Atlantic City School District. Some parents want Ventnor to start it’s own...
View ArticleVentnor Readies Short-Term Rental Probe
You’ve been warned. Ventnor homeowners who rent their properties using websites like AirBnB, will be facing increased scrutiny. Ventnor City Hall is fed up with those illegally renting out their shore...
View ArticleVentnor Beaches to Re-open on Friday, May 8.
Ventnor and neighboring towns enduring 8th week of public health emergency. It’s week number 6 of the NJ ‘Stay at Home’ order. Good news: On Saturday May 2nd, NJ state parks will re-open to the public....
View ArticleSouth Jersey Offshore Wind Project Could Lose Funding Due to COVID-19 &...
‘If Orsted wants to build a giant wind farm off Atlantic City and the South Jersey coast, let them spend their own money. Not mine’. So says a group of Downbeach residents watching financial incentives...
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